Russians Deplore Terrorist Revival Plans and Robbery
Russian revolutionary sources report the Social Revolutionary Party revived its terrorist arm led by Gregory Gerschmin and Savinkoff. They note monthly funds for espionage and bomb work, a large planned robbery, and disavowal of a recent regicide plot while fearing attacks on Stolypin and the Czar. The piece also covers related activity in Berlin among Russian students and efforts to curb revolutionary networks.
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BT. Petersburg
Social Revolutionary Party
Finland
Gregory Gerschmin
Riberia
York
Savinkoff
Sevastopol
Samar- 4
Russia
Stolypin
Tauride
Nicholas
Kursk
Voronezh
Biblyomia
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Socilal Revolutionary
Social Democratic Organization
Kieff
Black Sea
Berlin
Dumans
Karfunkelstein
Weidt
Germany
Mannheim
Russian Revolutionary Committee
Friedrich von Solms-Braunfels
Tageblatt
Ebba von Solms-Braunfels
Belfast Dockers Strike Paralyzes Channel Traffic
Belfast reports dock laborers on strike with five hundred soldiers protecting the docks. Strikers marched through main streets and attempted to loot wagons from shipping firms before being dispersed by police.
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Belfast
Salvador fears Nicaragua clash looms in Pacific
From Mexico City a cablegram reports Salvador official Seflor Del trado says Nicaragua is fitting out three gunboats on the Pacific side and could attack at any time. It notes Salvador fortifying ports in anticipation of an attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Sefjor Deltrado
Salvador
Mexico
Prést
Figueroa
Nicaragua
Cific
Try One More Good Dinner
Fragmentary text describes a dinner theme with dishes like filet steak roast and hashed messages but is garbled. It mentions hunger and a call to act, though the overall meaning is unclear and contains many nonsensical fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etare
Crisis for Clemenceau faces critical parliamentary test
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau navigation through a wave of opposition from the Extreme Left and protests in the Chamber of Deputies over government policy. Interpellations multiply as Blanc and other socialists push impeachment while moderates and some Right allies lean toward supporting the ministry. Pacification advances promised as Prefects report troop withdrawal may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
M. Blanc
M. Clemenceau
Montpellier Interrogation of wine leader Marcelin Albert continues
In Montpellier on June 27 the examination of Marcelin Albert, leader of the wine growers movement, was continued by the examining magistrate through the day with ongoing questioning about the unrest and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpellier
Marcelin Albert
Deserters from French regiment seek Belgian asylum
Three deserters from the mutinous French Seventeenth Regiment reached Mouscron Belgium after six days of travel across the mountains. They registered as Belgian subjects and appeared worn from the arduous journey.
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Mouscron
Belgium
Laurier and Canadian Ministers Meet French Leaders at Elysée
In Paris Premier Laurier Finance Minister Fielding and Marine Minister Brodeur dined with President Fallières at the Elysée. They discussed a more advantageous Canada France commercial arrangement officially begun. The Canadian party plans to leave Paris for London on June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Wilfrid Laurier
Fielding
Finance
L. P. Brodeur
Marine of
Canada
Italy
Falliéres
the Elysée Palace
Pichon
Caillaux
Commerce
Doumergue
Agriculture
Ruau
France
Belgium
Germany
Laurier
Brodeur
London
Hague Court Strengthening Plans Face Selection Hurdles
Delegates at the Peace Conference aim to strengthen The Hague Arbitration Tribunal to become a permanent, impartial institution reducing war. Proposals include broader good offices and compulsory arbitration, with debates on judge selection and mine disputes as Italy opposes automatic mining while Drago prepares a July debt proposition.
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The
Hague
United States
Hague Arbitration Tribunal
de Martens
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Horace Porter
South
Central America
Drago
Harbors
Joseph H. Choate
Gen. Porter
David J. Hill
James 8. Scott
Hagerup
Peters and Bebel Clash Over African Atrocities
In Munich June 27 Dr. Peters faced Reichstag leader Herr Bebel as the sal t for calumny reached a peak. Peters asserted Bebel would act as he did in Africa. Testimony described Peters punishing a thief with emetics lashes and chains. Other witnesses challenged cruelty claims and recounted past boasts at Cassel.
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Munich
Peters
Minnchener Post
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
Africa
Dr. Peters
Eugen Wolff
von Donat
Cassel
Donat
Fire in Hongkong Theatre Kills 510 Chinese Actors and Audience
A Chinese theatre in Hongkong burned during a performance killing about 500 audience members and ten actors. The blaze spread quickly, the building collapsed, and flames blocked the exits. The fire reportedly started after explosives beneath the floor detonated.
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Victoria
D. C
Mall Advices
Hongkong
Vessel and Crew Lost Near Iceland
The schooner Violette with nine hands has sunk off the Iceland coast near Iceland following the Dunkirk report dated June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Dunkirk
France
Violette
Ovation for Alleged Embezzler in Chamber of Deputies
Signorer, former Minister of Public Instruction, facing a $500,000 embezzlement charge, received a great ovation as he appeared before the Chamber of Deputies in Rome to answer his accusers.
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Rome
Signorer
Chamber of Deputies
Germanic Arrives Amid Hurricane Destroys Islands
The German steamer Germanic reports a hurricane with immense waves near the Coscitas group. Many islands are devastated and at least 200 natives are said to have perished. A dubious explosion inquiry follows in Paris with doubts on powder usage aboard warships. Vienna notes the American ambassador of a welcome migration.
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Sydney
Paris
King of Blambes Sails from London to Ostend
The King of Blambes departed London for Ostend, signaling movement of the royal party from England to the Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
King of
Ostend
Evicted Tenants Bill Explored by Birrell in Commons
London, June 27. Chief Secretary Birrell outlined grim West Ireland conditions. He described rains, rotting turf, wet seaweed manure and mournful poverty as the Evicted Tenants bill aims to restore 2,000 tenants and proceed with compulsory land acquisition to heal wounded communities.
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London
Birrell
Ireland
West of Ireland
House of Commons
Bad Weather Ravages English Farms and Snowbound Lancashire
England faces severe weather with waterlogged fields rotting grass oats turning yellow and fruit crops failing. Lancashire reports record cold and snow on mountains. Stockholm records spring floods across Northern Sweden inundating hundreds of square miles destroying log transport routes and threatening renewed flooding.
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London
England
Lancashire
Stockholm
Sweden
Erty Zeare
Salvation Army Chief Booth welcomed at Albert Hall
Gen William Booth fresh from Oxford honors received a rousing ovation on his return from a world tour. An immense Salvation Army crowd in Albert Hall cheered the leader still in Oxford shoes as Bramwell Booth stood nearby. The scene showed a devoted following and devotion to his cause amid speeches about mission, education, and global effort.
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London
Oxford University
William Booth
Salvation Army
Albert Hall
Oxford
Bramwell
Natioei
Preacher Hancock Under Police Surveillance in London
Walter Swinburne Hancock, former Protestant Episcopal clergyman, is under police surveillance in London amid rumors of poisoning his wife, widow of Paul Townsend Jones. The Kensington Inquest adjourned to July 11 for stomach analysis. son-testimony suggests motive involving property. Hancock previously faced church investigations in Chicago in 1896 and 1887.
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London
Walter Swinburne Hancock
Chicago
Paul Townsend Jones
New York
Kensington
Hancock
Virginia Hotel
Lord Castlemaine
America
St. John’s
Montreal
Grace Jones
East Thirty-fourth Street
St. James's Episcopal Church
McLaren
James 8. Stone
St. James’s Church
St. John's, N. F
Boas Defends Hamburg-American Line Against Subsidy Charges
Emil L. Boas general manager of the Hamburg-American Line replies to charges by Peter Wright & Sons before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He disputes subsidy claims, rail laisser faire, and German government backing, insisting no government subsidies or railroad favors exist and criticizing the Merchant Marine League circular attacking Western farmers.
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Emil L. Boas
Peter Wright & Sons
Philadelphia
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Bogs
Merchant Marine League of the
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Hamburg
Missouri River
Europe
Mr. Boas
Pageant at Oxford Captivates with Seven Months of Prep
Mark Twain watched the opening of a seven month Oxford pageant dramatizing a thousand years of university history. About 3,000 performers, 16 scenes, and scholars including Stanley J Weyman Laurence Housman and A. Quiller-Couch crafted the display. Twain hailed it as beyond his imagination and would cross the Atlantic twice to see it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Mark Twain
University
Curzon
Eteaion
Meer
Stanley
J. Weyman
Laurence Housman
Quiller-Couch
Desertion report from British warships near Cape Race
Argyll officers report 163 sailors deserted while at Hampton Roads and other American ports. Four ships sail from Hampton Roads to Portsmouth, England, to rejoin consorts off Cape Race.
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John's
N. F
Cape Race
Hampton Roads
Portsmouth
England
Military personnel assignments and retirements announced
Lieut Col E M root Coast Artillery moves to Fort Monroe for duties while Major Lawton retires to become Professor at Blees Military Academy. National Guard figures receive postings as Inspectors and senior officers reassigned to commands, with Pacific Fleet and medical inspector roles noted. Details include coast artillery, medical staff, and training institutions.
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Washington
E. M. Root
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrive at New London and Poughkeepsie
Fragmentary report notes vessels including the Dolphin arriving at New London and the Marcelius at Poughkeepsie with other movements unclear.
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Dolphin
New London
Tan
Poughkespsis
Marcelius
Tor
Notable British Birthday Honours Include Arts and Science Figures
The King’s birthday honors list this year recognizes art, science, and literature alongside politics and civil service. Four new peers are named: Sir James Kitson, Sir James Blyth, Sir Samuel Montagu, and Alexander Peckover. New baronets include Sir William H. Holland, Sir Charles Scotter, and Sir William P. Treloar. Over thirty knighthoods are given to figures such as W. S. Gilbert, Hubert von Herkomer, W. Q. Orchardson, and Prof. John Rhys, with promotions across Bath and St Michael and St George orders. Indian officials receive numerous decorations in honor of the Mutiny anniversary.
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London
James Kitson
Leeds
James Blyth
Samuel Montagu
Alexander Peckover
William H. Holland
Manchester
Charles Scotter
London and Southwestern Railway
William P. Treloar
William R. Cremer
M. P
James Donaldson
St. Andrew’s University
Nathaniel Dunlop
Allan Steamship Line
Gilbert
Hubert von Herkomer
W. Q. Orchardson
John Rhys
Oxford
New York
Bath
St. Michael
St. George, &c
Edward Ray Lankester
William MacGregor
Newfoundland
Sydney Olivier
Jamaica
Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Mower
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Fallieres
Hague Court
Porter
Iitaly
Bebel
Notes of Foreign Affairs
Vienna
Foreign Office
Booth
Salvation
Eiguatare of
Preacher
W. Hancock
Boas
JHE United
Service
New York Times
Army
the Navy
8. C
Rene
J. & ‘Giegnen
Erktown
J. C. Byrnes
Pacific Fleet
Bassett
Galvestor Ee
Fable Waters
Gilbert, Herkomer, and
Orchardson
Equador Panama
Riangle Piven
GEO
Bloomingda
International
Bloomingdales
Bloomingdale Bros
Lexington
3D Ave
59Th
60Th St
Cooper Square
Brooklyn
Browning, King Ea & Company
St. Cooper Square
5Th St. Fulton Street
Union Sg-North
CICAR
Senna
California Fig Syrup CO
Uneeda Biscuit
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